Another corporate "win" courtesy of Trump

And at the expense of the biosphere, and therefore everyone, whether they realize it or not.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Feb. 6 to open a marine protected area off the northeastern U.S. to commercial fishing, in his latest move to deregulate the country’s waters and fisheries.

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a 12,725-square-kilometer (4,913-square-mile) area roughly 209 km (130 mi) southeast of Cape Cod, is home to deep-sea corals and sponges, whale sharks and a variety of marine mammals…

“This Monument supports amazing species from the seafloor to the sea surface, and we see evidence of that during every aerial survey,” Jessica Redfern, an associate vice president at the New England Aquarium, a Boston-based nonprofit, said in a statement. “Removing protections for Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument puts these species at risk.”

…The fates of the four other marine national monuments are also in limbo. In April, Trump issued a proclamation to open up most of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, an area larger than the state of Texas, to commercial fishing. A federal judge blocked that reopening in August, but the case is ongoing. - Mongabay